canon 200 ink just made me very sick.

So, long time canon 100 user here, just decided it was time to surrender. It has been rejuvenated 3 times and this last go around I gave in. Putting her down, I just picked up a new 200 pro. And yes I'm one of those that never pay for OEM ink, I just do not see the difference and $80 compare to $14 is good enough for me.

Looking on the net to my surprise, there is no cheap ink. So I guess Canon finally figured out how to make ink that no one can copy? There is no way I'm going to pay $100 just to print, that stupid I can go to kinko's for that. Is there no option other then return this print for me?

I guess I can get the refills and dreadfully use 100 ink and get crappy results, but man is this disappointing.

Understating full and well that 100-pro ink is not a match ( I saw the results ), will the tank fit and will the chips read, or will the printer just rejects them. I only ask this as I have 100 tanks laying around. Can I replace the chips form a used tank with my old 100-pro to get basic bad color prints. Not everting I do needs to be perfect, I can use the good ink for those.

Here are some comments to the situation with Pro 200 inks and which options are available

https://precisioncolors.com/PC65.html

And it is very much recommended to evaluate the refill situation of a printer before you make the investment for a given model - or decide to go otherwise.

ulao said:

........Understating full and well that 100-pro ink is not a match ( I saw the results ), will the tank fit and will the chips read, or will the printer just rejects them. I only ask this as I have 100 tanks laying around. Can I replace the chips form a used tank with my old 100-pro to get basic bad color prints. Not everting I do needs to be perfect, I can use the good ink for those.

Click to expand...

The CLI-42 and CLI-8 cartridges with CLI-42 chips attached that could be used in the Pro 100 can also replace the CLI-65 cartridges used in the Pro 200 if you transfer the CLI-65 chips to them. No resetter exists for the CLI-65 cartridges so you will have to disable ink level monitoring to print with the refilled cartridges. You will have to monitor the ink levels your self, but as the CLI-8 and CLI-42 cartridges are transparent visual inspection is possible.

I wonder how the Pro 100 inks will behave in the Pro 200 if you have profiles made?

Precision Colors doesn't ship outside US and Canada, but I found a German manufacturer/vendor of Pro 200 inks. I don't know the company and know nothing about the quality of the inks. They also offer ICC profiles for their ink set and some photo papers.